If I want to find Disney Land I can always Google it and find the way.

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Yeah, my own anecdata. It's a subject of great interest to me, though. There might be some actual research out there on beliefs and personality traits that predispose people to supernatural experiences.

Yeah, my own anecdata. It's a subject of great interest to me, though. There might be some actual research out there on beliefs and personality traits that predispose people to supernatural experiences.

There's actually compelling evidence that stimulation to a specific area of the brain induces a religious experience.

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The same shepherd that protects the flock leads them to the slaughterhouse.

There's actually compelling evidence that stimulation to a specific area of the brain induces a religious experience.

There are a bunch of neurological explanations for a variety of supernatural experiences. I think belief systems determine a lot of how it plays out in tandem with the other neurological stuff. Memories can morph over time, etc.

No, they aren't. As in the case of prejudice, a million pieces of anecdotal evidence still prove nothing.

Funny that you didn't say that after this post...

Originally Posted by hadit

Personal experience. Basically, He brings you to a point where you have to decide whether you believe Him or not. He doesn't force Himself on you, because if He did, faith wouldn't be an issue. But I DO know this. God will always reveal Himself to the sincere seeker.

I represent the angry, gun toting meat eating people. ~ Denis Leary

The same shepherd that protects the flock leads them to the slaughterhouse.

That is to say, the subject's interpretation of his or her hypnopompic imagery is determined by
a prior belief system predisposing to a paranormal interpretation.

This just seems like common sense. If you're predisposed to not look to the supernatural, you're more like to just go "I feel weird. What's wrong with my brain?" if your cognitive processes turn goofy.

Just pointing out that people's "knowledge of God" could just be a tumor.

So what? A leg can hurt because it's growing or because it's bruised. It still hurts, but from different causes. The difference is in the results. If you want to claim that billions of people throughout history have all had brain tumors, go right ahead.

Hillary: "We cannot let a minority of people … hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.". Welcome to Mind Control Central, USA.

If I want to find Disney Land I can always Google it and find the way.

Very good, you're on the right track. Now, if you really want to find God, start reading His word. Not just the parts some atheist thinks don't make sense, all of it. You will see the way. Whether you take it or not is, of course, up to you.

Hillary: "We cannot let a minority of people … hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.". Welcome to Mind Control Central, USA.

Yeah, I always loved that one. If you don't believe in God its because you didn't look hard enough.

Nope, it has to do with one's attitude, as well as other things that can block people from God.

I've been wanting to write a blog post on this topic, because I see a lot of people with a very prideful, stubborn, 'God needs to prove himself on MY terms' mindset. From what I've seen, that doesn't usually happen. One would be lucky if God opened the eyes of someone with that kind of attitude. Where a person is heart-wise makes a huge difference, iyam.

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